1Lt Rhette Goode Gillen Jr. (1923-1946)

1Lt Rhette Goode Gillen Jr. Veteran

Birth

14 Dec 1923

Saginaw, Tarrant County, Texas, USA

Death

1 Apr 1946 (aged 22)

Wulkaprodersdorf, Eisenstadt-Umgebung Bezirk, Burgenland, Austria

Burial

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial

Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy Add to Map

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GILLEN RHETTE GOODE
1ST LT
15TH US ARMY AIR FORCES
1ST FIGHTER GROUP
94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON
Serial #O-756537
Lockheed Lightning P-38 L-1-LO
#44-24654
Location, 3 Mi E. of the middle lake Neusiedler,
Point of departure, Lesina
From Granbury, Tx
Lost between Linz, Austria and Vienna, Italy.
In Missing in action book
From Nicole - Melanie Goll and Georg Hoffman.
ISBN : 978-3-9504258-0-2
"GILLEN R G 1ST LT
DIED 31 MARCH 1945 WULKAPRODERSDORF AUSTRIA
15TH USAAF 1ST FTR GRP
P-38 LIGHTNING
44-24654
CRASH 31 MARCH 1945 WULKAPRODERSDORF BURGENLAND AUSTRIA."

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Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial

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1Lt Rhette Goode Gillen Jr. Veteran

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Rhett Goode Gillen Sr

Alwita Miller Summers

Mary Elizabeth Gillen Brewer